The New York Times, Washington Post and Associated Press each wrote stories this week about the unseemly online comments from an undecided voter, but have still not written anything about Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta’s uncovered email that referred to “needy Latinos.”
Ken Bone became famous over the past week for standing up at the second presidential debate to ask a policy question in a gaudy red sweater.
His harmless demeanor and remarkable choice in clothing lead to a series of national media interviews and even some online sponsorships that earned him some money.
But the fame was short-lived. On Wednesday, after agreeing to an interview with users at the popular Web forum Reddit, online blogs discovered that he made some past comments on the site that did not reflect well on him.
In one comment, he had said he liked looking at the leaked nude photos of actress Jennifer Lawrence. In another, he admitted to defrauding an auto insurance company so that he could work as a pizza delivery driver.
“It is Mr. Bone’s turn to show the world that he is a flawed person — a human, even — who decided to take the ride when insta-fame was given to him,” the Times said Friday on the matter. “He might also now be forced to acknowledge that he has said and done things that are bad, unpopular or even illegal.”
A Washington Post blog post said, “And now that we’ve learned more about the man, Kenneth Bone is no longer a Hero. Now, Kenneth Bone is Bad.”
An Associated Press report said Bone learned “the hard way what it’s like to be famous.”
Meanwhile, none of the three media outlets have published anything on Hillary Clinton’s campaign chair apparently having referred in an email about several high-ranking Latinos in government as “needy Latinos.”
The August 2015 email, made public Wednesday by the hacking group WikiLeaks, purports to show John Podesta advising Clinton to call two high-profile Democratic Party members described as “needy Latinos” to win their support. The subject line of the email was, “Needy Latinos and 1 easy call.”
The email named former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and former Transportation and Energy Secretary Federico Pena, who served under former President Clinton, as the two Clinton should call.
